

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Directed by Noel Carvalho, Lívia Perez2016 82mDocumentary
8.18.0
Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.
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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press was released on August 18, 2016.
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press was directed by Noel Carvalho, Lívia Perez.
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press has a runtime of 82m.
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press was produced by Giovanni Francischelli.
Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.
The key characters in Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press are Self (João Silvério Trevisan), Self (Aguinaldo Silva), Self (Celso Curi).
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press is a Documentary film.
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press has an audience rating of 8.1 out of 10.









